#layer modes

firealpaca update log 2.11.15 (19.02.2024) (STABLE VERSION)

This appears to fix a few things as well as add a few features.

FireAlpaca Ver 2.11.15 ( 2024/02/19 )

Now save temporary resizing state of brush size.

"dominant hand" can now be changed in the environment settings (the direction of the brush cursor will change).

The horizontally flipped display of the canvas is no longer reflected in time-lapse recording.

Improved the timing of ending time-lapse recording.

Opacity can now be changed in the brush editing dialog.

Added “Linear Burn” to layer blend mode.

Added "random coordinate shift for each stroke" option to brush texture.

Improved snap processing to 0 degrees during multi-touch rotation.

You can now turn off snapping to 0 degrees during multi-touch rotation from the preferences.

Improved Chinese (simplified and traditional) and Korean translations.

Improved slider display in dark UI.

A few other ways to use this mode that I didn't mention in the video so thought I'd throw this up for anyone interested.

Okay here is Chosen and Dark :D

so ngl this literally started out as a simple doodle/art practice thing during school, but now it's like-- a finished art piece-- with shading-- and I learned more about blending modes for layers and lighting and shading and how to do eyes so that they look ~good~

I am impressed with myself :O

Hey! Hey, brain! How did we do this bro?

So, conclusions:

Overlay is fickle. It looks nice in some situations, but with dark+saturated colors, it really messes with the texture. I might as well stick to Add.

Difference is super weird. Picking the color to go with it is not intuitive at all, and while it can make pretty shadows on some colors, it is not consistent at all if you don’t know what you’re doing. And I don’t. So difference is out.

JelArts recently had a video on layer modes, so what I did here is... basically exactly what she did in her video! I'm trying to force myself to both shade more often and play with color theory more often. Honestly what really caught my attention in her video was she used layer modes on the lineart! For some reason I have never thought to do that.  :O 

This took 3 weeks of my life to f@cking make. Anywhere, here it is. A full course on mastering the layer modes for digital art. 

Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/jaeharuart